Post by mudlee in Shattered Skies jam comments

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I like the atmosphere of this game, and I think there are a lots of undiscovered things in it, but I got angry after 10 mins, because:

I could not mine. I tried several ways to select pickaxe, but right mouse button didn't initate a mining process or whatever
While I tried to figure out this, an annoying bird appeared and killed me. I know I might had to use sword, but there was no time
Without a minimap, I see no path what to follow, so I got bored after few minutes, where to and why to continue.

Hello and thank you for playing Shattered Skies!

First off, you use the left mouse button to mine, and the right mouse button to use your sword. Also, you can't mine while in steering mode.
The birds are there to keep things interesting while exploring, and they are quite hard to fight off with your sword and I recommend to use the ships cannon since it has longer range and therefore it can keep some distance between you and the bird.
There is no minimap, which is a concious design desicion that I made. The game's focus is on exploring, and if you don't have the patience to explore for a while you probably won't enjoy the game. If you press M you can open a blank map of the entire game world, if you need more help with the controls I suggest you open the help tab in the top left corner. The map is blank so that you have to explore the world yourself without just going from point A to point B. You can however place out waypoints which can help you mark out places where you've been. The three temples are quite hard to find, but you can find different clues scattered around the world which might give you a sense of direction.

thx! I will give it an another try today!